A 2-day intensive course on
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15 - 16 August 2007
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Nikko Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
Course Highlights:
DESIGN CONCEPTS AND DISTILLATION PRINCIPLES
• Basic Design Concepts
• Simple Distillation
• Fractional Distillation
• Distilling Tower Design And Construction
• Column Installation
OPERATIONS
• Operating Parameters
• Normal Operations
• Operational Problems
• Maintenance, Inspection And Repair
• Hydrotesting
• Introduction To Plant Distillation Simulation v i s i t u s a t w w w . c m t e v e n t s . c o m

08:30 Welcome address and
Course Introduction
09:00 BASIC DESIGN CONCEPTS AND
PRINCIPLES FOR BINARY
COLUMNS
• Number Of Stages Using VLE
• Energy Savings Measures
• Column Diameter
• Simple Distillation
- Laboratory Setup For
Simple Distillation
- Multi Stage Distillation
- Azeotropic Distillation
- Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium
- Fractional Distillation
10:30 Tea Break
10.45 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
• Types Of Columns
• Batch, Continuous Columns
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Refinery
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Column Internals
Trays And Packed Columns
Typical Distillation Setup For A
Tower Sizing
Vapor – Pressure Design
SIMPLE DISTILLATION
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Principles
Operation
Setting Up A Simple Distilling
Equipments And Materials Used
BATCH DISTILLATION
• Batch Distillation Setup
• Advantages And Disadvantages
APPLICATIONS
01:00 Lunch
02:00 DISTILLING COLUMN PARTS
AND COMPONENTS
• Trays,
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Packings
Bubble Caps
Pall, Rashig Rings
Condenser
Reflux Drum
Reboiler
Piping Systems
03:30 Tea Break
03:45 REBOILERS
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Design Parameters
Operating Parameters
04:15 Review and Q & A
05:00 End Of Day 1
08:30 OPERATING PARAMETERS
• Feed Conditions
• Internal Liquid And Fluid Flow
Conditions
- Reflux Rate
- Reboiler Control
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Steam Or Heat Inputs
Weather And Atmospheric
Conditions
NORMAL OPERATIONS
• Heat And Material Balance
• Steady State Conditions
10:30 Tea Break

10:45 OPERATING PROBLEMS
• Foaming
• Entrainment
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Weeping/Dumping
Puking
Flooding
Flooding Predictor
Self Cleaning Exchangers
01:00 Lunch
02:00 MAINTENANCE, INSPECTION
AND REPAIR
• Corrosion On Column Internals
- Effects Of Corrosion On Caps,
Rings And Trays
- Corrosion Inhibition Initiatives
- Downcomer Inspection And
Repair
- Alternative Actions When
Maintenance Becomes Too
Costly
• Leak Test
• Angle Of Repose For Tower
03:30 Tea Break
03:45 INTRODUCTION TO
DISTILLATION SIMULATION
• Computer Aided Simulation
04:30 Review and Q & A
05:00 End Of Course
LEARN FROM THE BEST
ROBERTO BENEDICTO MARAVILLA , BS in Mech
Eng., was acting Consultant to Petronas Plants & Qatar
Petroluem on the following subjects; Pipelines & Piping
System and Mechanical Equipment Management.
Prior to that, Roberto was a Corporate Assessor attached to a Multinational Oil and Gas company, where he evaluated the competency of engineers, operators and technicians. He was also responsible for identifying, analysing, developing and delivering of courses/training programmes for the staff. Roberto has also customised courses for other clients, notably
ESSO Production Malaysia, SUDAN Petroleum and
PETRO-VIETNAM oil refinery.
He has taken the lead in the development and delivery of the multinational company initiative on “World
Class Plants” with subjects like Reliability Centered
Maintenance – A New Approach, Pipelines and
Piping Systems, Distillation Columns, Storage Tanks,
Mechanical Equipment Management, Operations and
Maintenance of Boilers, he has also developed and delivered a host of other generic courses like Pumps,
Compressors, Furnace, Separators, Heat Exchangers,
Internal Combustion Engines, Gas Turbines.
Roberto also was a Deputy Project Manager responsible for a project implementation, which totalled a contract value of
USD 40 million and has also served as a Project
Manager in a Nuclear Power Plant overseas.
Roberto has served as a Lecturer at a University in the
Philippines lecturing senior students on major subjects such as Power Plant Engineering, Engineering
Management, Process Plant Equipment, Project
Management and Maintenance Optimisation.
With his vast experience, he is able to provide handson and practical training sessions, which have received excellent feedback from past clients from both the local and international markets.
Program topics, speakers and schedules published herein are confirmed as at printing time. Please refer to the event’s timetable page at www.cmtevents.com
for the most up-to-date information.
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Fees: The full Registration Fee includes cost of all sessions, luncheon, coffee/tea & documentation.
Regular Fee
1 Person
RM2695
Group fee for 3 or more*
(from the same company)
RM2395
(MIN SAVINGS OF RM900)
* Terms and conditions apply.
Cancellations, Refunds & Transfers: A full refund will be promptly made for all written cancellations 3 weeks before the meeting. Thereafter, cancellations are not refundable.
A substitute may be made at any time.
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~ CMT’S UPCOMING EVENTS ~
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
• Consulting Engineers
• Maintenance Engineers
• Project Engineers
• Maintenance Superintendents
• Maintenance Personnel
• Service Engineers
• Plant Distillation Operators
• Operations. Maintenance and
Instrumentation Leadmen
• Chargemen
• Technical Assistants
• Technical Co-ordinators
• Operation & Maintenance Personnel
• Technicians
• New/Trainee Engineers
• Contractors
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